Promotion
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Tropical hardwood market promotion in Europe revives
The EU Sustainable Tropical Timber Coalition (STTC) was launched in November last year. Since then it has acquired new members to expand the network of private, public and civil society players committed to promoting European demand for certified and FLEGT licensed timber products. It has also constituted several working groups which are developing and coordinating a communications and technical program, ITTO reported. STTC has a target to contribute to the achievement of sustainable management of up to 10 million hectares of tropical forest by 2015 by making the business case for certification more attractive for concession holders. According to STTC, the aim is "to accelerate demand for certified or licensed timber from sustainably managed tropical forests to the tipping point of 30% and to put a halt to declining use of tropical timber in front-running countries in the EU,... Continue reading
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May 4, 2014
Tropical hardwood market promotion in Europe revives
The EU Sustainable Tropical Timber Coalition (STTC) was launched in November last year. Since then it has acquired new members to expand the network of private, public and civil society players committed to promoting European demand for certified and FLEGT licensed timber products. It has also constituted several working groups which are developing and coordinating a communications and technical program, ITTO reported. STTC has a target to contribute to the achievement of sustainable management of up to 10 million hectares of tropical forest by 2015 by making the business case for certification more attractive for concession holders. According to STTC, the aim is "to accelerate demand for certified or licensed timber from sustainably managed tropical forests to the tipping point of 30% and to put a halt to declining use of tropical timber in front-running countries in the EU,... Continue reading
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Tropical hardwood market promotion in Europe revives
The EU Sustainable Tropical Timber Coalition (STTC) was launched in November last year. Since then it has acquired new members to expand the network of private, public and civil society players committed to promoting European demand for certified and FLEGT licensed timber products. It has also constituted several working groups which are developing and coordinating a communications and technical program, ITTO reported. STTC has a target to contribute to the achievement of sustainable management of up to 10 million hectares of tropical forest by 2015 by making the business case for certification more attractive for concession holders. According to STTC, the aim is "to accelerate demand for certified or licensed timber from sustainably managed tropical forests to the tipping point of 30% and to put a halt to declining use of tropical timber in front-running countries in the EU,... Continue reading